Mayor Mitchell Targets in Front of City Hall Shooting
In New York on April 18 a would-be assassin fired at Mayor John Purroy Mitchell as he reached his car outside City Hall. The shot struck Corporation Counsel Frank Lyon Polk in the jaw, shattering teeth. Polk was hospitalized with no danger. The assailant, identified only as Joseph Saleschein after initial denial, was arrested amid a crowd that overflowed Park Row and Broadway.
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New York
John Purroy Mitchell
Frank Lyon Polk
Polk
Arthur H. Woods
Mitchell
Woods
Park Row
Broadway
City Hall Park
Mitchel
David Rose
Tam
Joseph Saleschein
Wife Shot in Divorce Fight in Bellaire
John Luggs shot his wife four times in Bellaire Ohio after she refused to pay half the divorce costs. He then killed himself. Two of the couple’s young children witnessed the tragedy in a violent domestic incident.
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Bellaire, O
John Luggs
Arbor day collapse injures former vice president
Former Vice-President Charles W. Fairbanks was slightly hurt when the speakers' platform collapsed at an Arbor day celebration in Frankfort Indiana on April 18.
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Charles W. Fairbanks
Frankfort
Ind
Sausages Sold With Sawdust Filling Court Finds
A merchant offered sausages containing sawdust as filling. The court reported the arrangement yesterday and the sentence was deferred.
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Boston
Ohio man shoots wife then kills himself in Bellaire
In Bellaire Ohio on April 18 John Luge shot his wife four times inflicting probably fatal wounds before shooting himself. The violent act followed by the apparent suicide ends the divorce action he had initiated.
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Bellaire
John Luge
Thaw Wins Extradition Habeas Corpus Fight
Federal Judge Aldrich grants Thaw a writ of habeas corpus in New Hampshire. The decision finds Thaw sane and not a menace, bars extradition, and keeps the matter in abeyance until the U S Supreme Court rules on bail. Thaw remains in court custody pending bail application.
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Littleton
N. H
Harry K. Thaw
Edgar Aldrich
United States District Court of New Hampshire
Thaw
New York
United States Supreme Court
Insanity Commission
New Hampshire
Supreme Court of the United States
Miners End Copper Country Strike in Victory for Workers
Miners in Hancock Michigan vote to end a strike that began July 23 as district secretary Charles E. Hietela announces the move. Union recognition is waived and workers return to jobs after claiming most demands were granted, including eight hours and a three dollar minimum daily wage.
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Hancock
Mich
Charles E. Hietela
Western Federation of Miners
Wanamaker Grand Jury Finds No Indictments Over Duty Irregularities
A federal grand jury completed investigations into Wanamaker imports and recommended pursuing duty losses from irregularities in personal goods and sample cases. The panel found few irregularities in general merchandise, but noted possible issues in personal uses of leadership. John Wanamaker said the sums were small and expressed confidence in his firm.
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Philadelphia
United States District Court
Thompson
Wanamakers
John Wanamaker
Villa Wins Bloodiest Mexican War Battle at San Pedro
Juarez April 16 Gen Francisco Villa and rebel forces claimed a decisive victory over 15 000 federals at San Pedro de Las Colonias Coahuila 40 miles east of Torreon Rebels numbered 10 000 to 12 000 and suffered large losses official reports say federals routed with heavy casualties Villa sent a dispatch to General Carranza noting rebels 5 000 wounded while Carranza questioned a 6 000 wounded figure and sought confirmation.
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Juarez
Mexico
Francisco Villa
San Pedro de Las Colonias
Coahuila
Torreon
Tampico
Valesco
Maas
Hidalgo
de Mours
Monterey
Villa
Carranza
Rafael Zubaran
Interior
Chihuahua
Steamer Kite Believed Lost After Blizzard
From St Johns Newfoundland a blizzard likely destroyed the Kite and two other ships. crew of 70, several bodies found on ice. Capt Windsor of the Bloodhound reports losses near sealing fields as rescue efforts begin. In other news Woodrow Wilson accepts honorary Olympic president post for 1916 Berlin Games. Count Okuma forms new cabinet in Tokyo. Lake navigation opens with freighters Yates St Clair and Lake Port sailing for Duluth as Welland Canal ready and marine insurance takes effect.
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N. F
Kite
Cealera Newfoundland
Southern Cross
Windsor
Bloodhound
New York
Woodrow Wilson
Berlin
Tokyo
Shigenobu Okuma
Buffalo
N. Y
Harry Yates
St. Clair
Lake Port
Duluth
Lake Miie
Welland Canal
Wisconsin ex-official jailed for embezzlement
William L. Essmann, former superintendent of public property of Wisconsin, was sentenced to fifteen months at Waupun after pleading guilty to embezzlement. The case covers $478 from waste paper sales and additional counts, with total likely reaching $8,000 under bond protection for the state. Essmann has been a prominent figure in politics.
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Madison
Wis
Waupun
William L. Essmann
Milwaukee
Public Property of
Wisconsin
Essmann
Liquor Fight Ties Ill and Ohio Death Case
The body found near Cleveland May be Rev Louis R Patment missing since April 1 after a liquor dispute. Police received a description from Chicago and the minister’s identity is under verification. In Washington Pa Rev Dr James D Moffat resigned as president of Washington and Jefferson College effective July 1.
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Cleveland, O
Lake Shore & Michigan Southern
Here
Louis R. Patment
Westville
Danville
Ill
Chicago
Patment
Milwaukee
Washington and Jefferson
Quita Washington
James D. Moffat
Washington and Jefferson College
Astor Out of Danger After Lung Illness
Vincent Astor, longtime social figure, was pronounced out of danger today after suffering congestion of the right lung. He had been ill at Staatsburg at the Huntington home since Sunday.
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Astor
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
Vincent Astor
Robert P. Huntington
Staatsburg
Aviator Louis Niel Injured After Aeroplane Crash
London reports aviator Louis Niel was mortally injured during a looping maneuver at Hendon Aerodrome when his plane veered off course and plunged to the ground. He is said to be in critical condition with likely death.
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London
Hendon
Louis Niel
Straus Urges Panama Tolls Exemption Repeal
Secretary Oscar S Straus before the senate canals committee urged repealing the tolls exemption clause of the Panama canal act. He argued the clause should go regardless of Britain and warned against quibbling over treaty construction amid sharp international legal opinion. He said the money lost would come from the people and flow to a monopolistic shipping trust.
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Washington
Oscar 8. Straus
Commerce and Labor
Roosevelt Cabinet
Senate Canals Committee
Straus
Great Britain
Senate
House
Ten Die Four Hurt In Eighth Avenue Fire
A blaze at a furnished rooming house at 741 Eighth Avenue in New York City killed ten people and left four others fatally injured. The fire began in the basement of a five and ten cent store on the first floor, with six victims unidentified.
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New York
No. 741
Eighth Avenue
Doctor to Prison New York Morphine Case
Dr John J Van Horn with over fifteen years practice received one year in the penitentiary and a $500 fine for the promiscous sale of morphine.
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New York
John J. van Horn
Beeson Convicted of Bigamy in La Porte Court
Charles V. Beeson was found guilty of bigamy in La Porte Indiana and sentenced to 12 to 17 years. He had married Mabel Wishart of Alexandria and Magdalene Miller of Chicago.
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Bigamier
la Porte
Ind
Charles V. Beeson
Beeson
Mabel Wishart
Alexandria
Magdalene Miller
Chicago
Exoneration Given in Cody Boxing Death Case
Roy Coguil of Cody Wyoming was exonerated by a coroner's jury in Billings after the death of Kid Fortney of Indianapolis following a boxing bout here. Fortney died from injuries sustained in the match, with the verdict clearing Coguil of blame.
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Coguil
Billings
Mont
Roy Coguil
Cody
Wyo
Kid Fortney
Indianapolis
Plea for Frank Appeal Moves to U S Supreme Court
Leo M. Frank, sentenced to hang for the Mary Phagan murder, seeks a U S Supreme Court review via a motion in Fulton County Superior Court alleging the trial judge warned against in-court presence and claiming constitutional violation. The filing, by new counsel, delays execution as new-trial motion for newly discovered evidence is planned.
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Mary Phagan
Supreme Court
Atlanta
Leo M. Frank
Supreme Court of the United States
L. S. Roan
Frank
William J. Burns
Burns
Conley
Folk seeks indictments under compulsory testimony act
Joseph W. Folk, chief counsel of the Interstate Commerce Commission, asked U S District Attorney Wilson to indict Samuel Hemingway of the Second National Bank of New Haven and Samuel Morehouse, an attorney, for refusing to testify about the NY, New Haven & Hartford railroad and the Billard company. This marks the act’s first use against recalcitrant witnesses with a $5,000 fine and up to one year in prison. Examination of witnesses toward the grand jury began immediately.
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Washington
Joseph W. Folk
Interstate Commerce Commission
United States
Wilson
Samuel Hemingway
Second National Bank of New Haven
Samuel Morehouse
New York, New Haven & Hartford
Billard Company
Messrs
Whipple
Field
Folk
Labor Men's Case to Wilson
President Wilson was asked to investigate the conviction of officials of the International Bridge and Structural Iron Workers' union in the dynamite conspiracy cases in Indianapolis and seek a stay of sentence pending inquiry. A pardon plea was filed by a delegation led by Senator Lane and Representative Buchanan, but the president was urged to review merits first.
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Washington
Wilson
International Bridge and Structural Iron Workers’ Union
Indianapolis
Lane
Oregon
Buchanan
Ilinois
E. M. Zollne
Chicago
Race Track Under Martial Law In Tulsa
Tulsa on April 17 reports race tracks placed under martial law as Company B National Guard from Chandler marches to the fair grounds with Adjt. Gen. Frank M. Canton in charge.
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Tulsa
Okla
National Guard
Chandler
Fair Grounds
Adjt
Frank M. Canton
Ex-Congressman Shallenberger Oca Found Dead
Washington April 17 Williams. Shallenberger aged seventy five member of the Forty fifth Forty sixth and Forty seventh congresses from Pennsylvania was found dead in bed at his home here.
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Shallenberger
Washington
Williams&. Shallenberger
Pennsylvania
U S Ultimatum Sent 10 Huerta No Return Salute
United States demands a standard national salute for the Huerta regime and rejects a simultaneous gun salute with Mexico. Washington awaits a reply from Charge O Shaughnessy as the Atlantic fleet heads toward Tampico. Marines and navy officials prepare for possible action on the Mexican coast.
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Huerta
Mexico City
United States
Vallejo
Cal
Pacific
Mexico
Washington
Michigan
Charleston
D. C
Tampico
Niblack
Tumulty
Umulty
State Department
O’shaughnessy
O'Shaughnessy
Bryan
Mayo
Tumuity
Daniels
Charge O'Shaughnessy
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Greece
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